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“You thought Maddie and I had this amazing relationship. You thought it was the worst time of my life when she died, leaving me alone with a seven-year-old Lola. You probably thought that, if we ever had a relationship….”
There’s no if about it.
“You’d be in her shadow.”
She nods slowly, doing that cute-as-hell eye-widening thing again. It makes me want to kiss her, but that’s not saying much.
Everything does.
“That’s exactly it,” she says softly. “If I ever let myself think about this, about us…which I never do, not realistically.”
“You better start,” I tell her.
“That has occurred to me.”
“I can give you the truth about Maddie and me,” I say. “But depending on your viewpoint, it might make you like me less.”
“I highly doubt that.”
I shrug, my jaw clenched, my temples pulsing. “Shall we go for a walk? I need some air.”
“Sure,” she says, standing. “That sounds nice.”
